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21 Jun 21
Expensive loans taken out by Russian regional governments will be replaced by long-term low-interest loans from the central government as president Vladimir Putin aims to bring the sector’s finances...
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18 Jun 21
High US inflation rates related to the Covid-19 bounceback are set to be transitory, but interest rates rises might be needed by 2023 to deal with longer-term inflationary pressures, according to the...
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18 Jun 21
Norway’s central bank says that it is likely to raise its interest rate above the current 0% level in September.
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17 Jun 21
Public bodies in more than half the world will undertake financial reporting on an accrual basis, according to new research.
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16 Jun 21
Austria's deficit is forecast to decrease to around 1% of GDP over the medium term, as its Covid-19 recovery takes shape, according to the IMF.
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15 Jun 21
Fiscal reforms Nigeria began during 2020 need to be completed to support the economic recovery from Covid-19, the World Bank has said.
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15 Jun 21
A successful vaccination programme means that the US’ economic recovery from Covid-19 will not depend on herd immunity, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
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15 Jun 21
Kuwait’s central bank chief has said economic stability is “unattainable” without reforms to the oil-dependent, public-sector-dominated economy.
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14 Jun 21
Israel’s new coalition government offers a path to a new budget, which will be a credit positive to the nation, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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14 Jun 21
Counterfeit or poor quality medical equipment proliferated in Europe amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the European Union’s anti-fraud bureau.
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11 Jun 21
A former South African finance minister has slammed Jacob Zuma, president between 2009 and 2018, for leaving the country weaker after working to undermine the power of the country's finance...
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10 Jun 21
The Japanese government still officially aims to reach a budget surplus by 2025 despite the impact of Covid-19 on its public finances.
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10 Jun 21
Local governments in the Philippines will receive a share of all national taxes from 2022, when they will take on more responsibilities, the country’s president has confirmed.
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9 Jun 21
The Chinese economy will grow at a slower rate in the second half of this year as external supply chain disruptions impact on Covid-19 recovery, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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9 Jun 21
Indonesian public finances will rely heavily on the economic recovery from Covid-19 to get back on track, but ratings agency S&P Global said the government’s record is reassuring.
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8 Jun 21
Stuttering tax reforms in Colombia need to raise more money than planned if they are to bring debt to a level conducive to a strong economic environment, a government advisory committee has concluded.
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8 Jun 21
Russia was able to weather the Covid-19 pandemic with some resilience, despite reductions in global oil prices, ratings agency Moody’s said.
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8 Jun 21
El Salvador's president is pushing a new law to adopt Bitcoin as a legal currency, a move he said would help lift millions out of poverty in El Salvador.
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8 Jun 21
Italian government debt reached a record by the end of 2020 and will only fall marginally by the end of the decade, according to rating agency Fitch’s projections.
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7 Jun 21
Six years of fighting have devastated the Yemeni economy and left millions in need of humanitarian aid, and those problems have been exacerbated by Covid-19, an International Monetary Fund official...
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7 Jun 21
Sweden’s looser Covid-19 restrictions and diversified economy enabled it to weather the pandemic better than other countries in financial terms, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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7 Jun 21
A global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% has been criticised for failing to end the incentive for multinational companies to book profits in low-tax countries.
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4 Jun 21
Better tax administration would help African countries adopt transformative social protection policies such as minimum income schemes to spur development and ensure nobody is left behind, a report...
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4 Jun 21
A global agreement on taxing large digital companies is “within reach”, according to European finance ministers commenting ahead of a G7 meeting.
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4 Jun 21
The US Federal Reserve is preparing to sell off corporate assets purchased last year, to help keep companies solvent through the Covid-19 pandemic.
21 Jun 21Expensive loans taken out by Russian regional governments will be replaced by long-term low-interest loans from the central government as president Vladimir Putin aims to bring the sector’s finances...
18 Jun 21High US inflation rates related to the Covid-19 bounceback are set to be transitory, but interest rates rises might be needed by 2023 to deal with longer-term inflationary pressures, according to the...
18 Jun 21Norway’s central bank says that it is likely to raise its interest rate above the current 0% level in September.
17 Jun 21Public bodies in more than half the world will undertake financial reporting on an accrual basis, according to new research.
16 Jun 21Austria's deficit is forecast to decrease to around 1% of GDP over the medium term, as its Covid-19 recovery takes shape, according to the IMF.
15 Jun 21Fiscal reforms Nigeria began during 2020 need to be completed to support the economic recovery from Covid-19, the World Bank has said.
15 Jun 21A successful vaccination programme means that the US’ economic recovery from Covid-19 will not depend on herd immunity, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
15 Jun 21Kuwait’s central bank chief has said economic stability is “unattainable” without reforms to the oil-dependent, public-sector-dominated economy.
14 Jun 21Israel’s new coalition government offers a path to a new budget, which will be a credit positive to the nation, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
14 Jun 21Counterfeit or poor quality medical equipment proliferated in Europe amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the European Union’s anti-fraud bureau.
11 Jun 21A former South African finance minister has slammed Jacob Zuma, president between 2009 and 2018, for leaving the country weaker after working to undermine the power of the country's finance...
10 Jun 21The Japanese government still officially aims to reach a budget surplus by 2025 despite the impact of Covid-19 on its public finances.
10 Jun 21Local governments in the Philippines will receive a share of all national taxes from 2022, when they will take on more responsibilities, the country’s president has confirmed.
9 Jun 21The Chinese economy will grow at a slower rate in the second half of this year as external supply chain disruptions impact on Covid-19 recovery, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
9 Jun 21Indonesian public finances will rely heavily on the economic recovery from Covid-19 to get back on track, but ratings agency S&P Global said the government’s record is reassuring.
8 Jun 21Stuttering tax reforms in Colombia need to raise more money than planned if they are to bring debt to a level conducive to a strong economic environment, a government advisory committee has concluded.
8 Jun 21Russia was able to weather the Covid-19 pandemic with some resilience, despite reductions in global oil prices, ratings agency Moody’s said.
8 Jun 21El Salvador's president is pushing a new law to adopt Bitcoin as a legal currency, a move he said would help lift millions out of poverty in El Salvador.
8 Jun 21Italian government debt reached a record by the end of 2020 and will only fall marginally by the end of the decade, according to rating agency Fitch’s projections.
7 Jun 21Six years of fighting have devastated the Yemeni economy and left millions in need of humanitarian aid, and those problems have been exacerbated by Covid-19, an International Monetary Fund official...
7 Jun 21Sweden’s looser Covid-19 restrictions and diversified economy enabled it to weather the pandemic better than other countries in financial terms, according to ratings agency Fitch.
7 Jun 21A global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% has been criticised for failing to end the incentive for multinational companies to book profits in low-tax countries.
4 Jun 21Better tax administration would help African countries adopt transformative social protection policies such as minimum income schemes to spur development and ensure nobody is left behind, a report...
4 Jun 21A global agreement on taxing large digital companies is “within reach”, according to European finance ministers commenting ahead of a G7 meeting.
